,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #faeg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #i1 #bjbj,mrs4
 ,luria 7for herself and ,mr4           
,bilirakis7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs to collect and   
include certain student outcome         
information in the ,,gi ,bill comparison
 tool of the ,department of ,veterans   
,affairs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,transparency for ,student ,veterans
 ,act4  #b4 ,inclusion of certain       
student outcome information in ,,gi     
,bill comparison tool of ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general     
,section #cfih of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#d7  
7,a7 ,the ,secretary shall enter into a 

memorandum of understanding with the    
,secretary of ,education1 the ,secretary
 of ,defense1 the ,secretary of ,labor1 
the ,director of the ,consumer          
,financial ,protection ,bureau1 the     
,director of the ,census ,bureau1 and   
the ,commissioner of the ,internal      
,revenue ,service under which the       
,secretaries1 the ,directors1 and the   
,commissioner shall provide to the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs the    
following information about student     
outcomes with respect to students who   
are veterans1 members of the ,armed     
,forces1 or dependents of veterans or   
members of the ,armed ,forces at        
educational institutions3 7i7           
,persistence rate4  7ii7 ,course and    
program completion rates4  7iii7        
,transfer-out rate4  7iv7 ,graduation   
rate4  7v7 ,number and type of each of  
the following completed credentials1    
degrees1 and certificates1 expressed    
separately3 7,i7 ,credentials4  7,,ii7  
,certificates4  7,,iii7 ,associates     

degrees4  7,,iv7 ,bachelors degrees4    
7,v7 ,postbaccalaureate degrees4  7vi7  
,average number of years to complete    
each of the credentials1 degrees1 and   
certificates referred to in clause 7v74 
7vii7 ,employment rates of graduates and
 of individuals who attended but did not
 complete a degree or certificate       
program4  7viii7 ,median earnings for   
graduates4  7ix7 ,average salary for    
graduates with each major or certificate
 available at the institution4  7x7     
,median amount of ,federal student loans
 expressed separately for-- 7,i7        
individuals who completed a credential1 
degree1 or certificate2 and  7,,ii7     
individuals who attended a program of   
education leading to a credential1      
degree1 or certificate but did not      
complete a credential1 degree1 or       
certificate4  7xi7 ,student loan default
 rate4  7xii7 ,student loan repayment   
rates and the proportion of student     
loans in deferment or forbearance1      
expressed separately for-- 7,i7         

individuals who completed a credential1 
degree1 or certificate2 and  7,,ii7     
individuals who attended a program of   
education leading to a credential1      
degree1 or certificate but did not      
complete a credential1 degree1 or       
certificate4  7xiii7 ,types of student  
loan repayment plans1 expressed         
separately for-- 7,i7 individuals who   
completed a credential1 degree1 or      
certificate2 and  7,,ii7 individuals who
 attended a program of education leading
 to a credential1 degree1 or certificate
 but did not complete a credential1     
degree1 or certificate4  7,b7 ,the      
information required under subparagraph 
7,a7 shall be expressed separately for  
students who are veterans1 students who 
are members of the ,armed ,forces1 and  
students who are dependents of veterans 
or members of the ,armed ,forces4  2 and
  7,b7 in paragraph 7#a77;,c7-- 7i7 in  
clause 7xi71 by striking and at the end2
  7ii7 in clause 7xii71 by striking the 
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7iii7  

by adding at the end the following new  
clause3  7xiii7 the student outcome     
information collected pursuant to       
paragraph 7#d74  2  7#b7 by             
redesignating subsection 7f7 as         
subsection 7g72 and  7#c7 by inserting  
after subsection 7d7 the following new  
subsection 7f73  7f7 ,privacy           
protections ,to the extent practicable1 
the ,secretary shall develop a          
comprehensive plan to protect the       
personally identifiable information of  
individuals when providing information  
on aggregate student outcomes under this
 section4  4  7b7 ,deadline for         
implementation  7#a7 ,,mou deadline ,not
 later than #bd months after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act-- 7,a7 the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
enter into the memoranda of             
understanding required by subsection    
7c77#d7 of section #cfih of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 as added by      
subsection 7a72 and  7,b7 collect the   
data on student outcomes required to be 

provided pursuant to such memoranda of  
understanding4  7#b7 ,briefing ,not     
later than #ab months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall provide to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,house of ,representatives a briefing  
on the implementation of such memoranda 
of this ,act and the amendments made by 
this ,act4